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Noun: somatosense
  1. Any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain

Derived forms: somatosenses

See also: somatosensory

Type of: modality, sense modality, sensory system

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